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93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
5/31/22 2:27 p.m.

The recent thread on the new Civic Si has me thinking about the one car I regret selling, a 99 Civic Si in Electron blue with Tien coil overs, DC Sports suspension bits, intake, short shifter and header.

What car/cars do you regret selling?

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
5/31/22 2:30 p.m.

Not a car, but I had a full Mugen setup on my S2000, bumpers/roof/exhaust/steering/spoiler ... everything and sold it. Unobtainable now, should've kept it. 

P5Racer (formerly BMWGeoff)
P5Racer (formerly BMWGeoff) GRM+ Memberand Reader
5/31/22 2:50 p.m.

This was my first car, an 89 325is... H&R suspension, Racing Dynamics wheels, and a ton of fun. Sold it when I bought my first house, and now it's probably worth 3x what I got for it.

Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter)
Snowdoggie (Forum Supporter) SuperDork
5/31/22 2:59 p.m.

My Suzuki Swift GT. I bought it at an auction for $600 and took it to the Challenge. You never see them anymore.

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
5/31/22 3:13 p.m.

In 1995 GF leases a new 1995 Honda Civic EX coupe. Black, manual trans. When lease ended, I bought it as a used car with about 40k   I loaded a lot of miles on it quickly so in 18months it had 88k.

I sold it for an off lease, 1996 Accord LX, 4cyl sedan with auto and only 36k. Nice car and all but boring.  That Civic was probably the single greatest car I ever had and I sold it too quickly. 

About 2 years later, I replaced the Accord sedan with a 1997 Nissan 240sx coupe (S14.) 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
5/31/22 3:23 p.m.

Sadly, I have learned, it's tough to keep them all. Some that we have owned but now no longer do: 1992 Nissan Sentra SE-R, 1984 VW Rabbit GTI, 1986 Honda Civic Si, 1988 Honda CRX Si, 1988 Honda CRX HF (w/B16A), 1992 Honda Civic Si, 2000 Honda Civic Si, 1991 Nissan 240SX and probably a few others. 

fidelity101
fidelity101 UberDork
5/31/22 3:29 p.m.

all of them but the mazda2 and the 08 suburban.

jwagner (Forum Supporter)
jwagner (Forum Supporter) Reader
5/31/22 3:41 p.m.

Lots of them, including a '88 Grand Am with the quad 4 and some kind of sport suspension.  Was a fun car to drive at a time when they're weren't a lot of those.  Others - red '69 Firebird convert, '02 S2000, '95 Impala SS, '07 MX-5 MS-R, the Exocet, I could go on.  But there's always another Gotta Have It car in the future.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
5/31/22 3:41 p.m.

Every single one.

hybridmomentspass
hybridmomentspass HalfDork
5/31/22 3:48 p.m.

My 93 MR2 Turbo.

I miss it and I miss the gunmetal K1 wheels on it.

dherr (Forum Supporter)
dherr (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/31/22 3:51 p.m.

1987 CRX SI, 1991 MR2 Turbo, 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata and my  1973 Triumph Stag are the four that I miss the most. 

Probably will buy another Stag at some point in the future and perhaps a Mazdaspeed that is more streetable.

docwyte
docwyte PowerDork
5/31/22 3:51 p.m.

Hmm, my first 944 Turbo S, my E46 M3, both my E36 M3's, my G60 swapped GTi.  Sadly I just didn't have the money nor the space to keep them all.  I had a chance to buy back my swapped G60 GTi but someone had tried to turn it into a "sound off" car and had a body shop remove the rear 3rd quarter windows and replace them with welded in steel panels.  When I saw that I was no longer interested in having it...

pointofdeparture
pointofdeparture GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/31/22 3:58 p.m.

There are many cars I've regretted selling for various reasons over the years but probably the one that hurt me the most was my '97 Volvo 850R.

I was tempted away by the siren song of a BMW E39 528i touring with a factory 5-speed manual, which was a worse vehicle in almost every single way and nearly bankrupted me during an already challenging period of my life.

Didn't realize just how great of a car this Volvo was until it was gone.

TryitTrent
TryitTrent New Reader
5/31/22 3:59 p.m.

I will forever regret selling my 05 legacy gt wagon and our z71 tahoe.

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy MegaDork
5/31/22 3:59 p.m.

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
5/31/22 4:05 p.m.

My reasons made sense at the time for each and every one of them, but my 1999 Miata is probably tops for "I should not have sold that." Second is likely the Volvo 850 wagon, third is probably the 1966 Pontiac Bonneville hearse/ambulance. The Pontiac only falls to third because it needed so much work and I'm not sure I could have done it myself. If it was in better shape, it would definitely be first.

ClearWaterMS
ClearWaterMS Reader
5/31/22 4:08 p.m.

my first true "enthusiast car" was a 1989 Ford mustang convertible.  I purchased it from a family member with less than 60k miles at 18 years old.  I promptly upgraded a bunch of stuff making it entirely unreliable.  Supercharger with poor tune, insufficient cooling system, big gears, loose converter, old all season tires, etc.  The car was slow by today's standards but is the one car that I have promised if I ever found that particular one for sale i would buy it almost regardless of condition.  

octavious
octavious Dork
5/31/22 4:19 p.m.


 

This one. Numbers matching 1970 911S with Weber carbs and 67k miles on the odometer. Sold in 2006. A few years before the air cooled Porsche market exploded. Now a days.....

Definitely gone now
Definitely gone now SuperDork
5/31/22 4:30 p.m.

90, 91, and 89 240sx, 84&87 camaro. 88,89 crx. 84&86 ae86. 71, 74, s30 Z cars. 79&80 s130 280zx. 
 

most of those were bought for 500-1500, and sold for around $2,000.00, which was great at the time. I'd have a healthy savings if I'd help onto each one and sold today. 

NickD
NickD MegaDork
5/31/22 4:36 p.m.

None. I still own the Miata after 8 years. Everything else was cheap basic transportation and by the time I, and by that I mean New York winters, were done with it, it wasn't fit for selling, nor would I want it back. 

thedoc
thedoc GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
5/31/22 4:43 p.m.

It would be easier to list the cars I didn't regret selling.  In the last few years I have only sold due to lack of storage.  

nakmuayfarang
nakmuayfarang New Reader
5/31/22 4:52 p.m.

2011 cts-v wagon hurts the most.  Mint 92 foxbody 5.0 and 1994 Toyota sr-5 v6 4x4 are close seconds.

1988 crx, 04 tl 6-speed are missed as well.

the Audi allroad and tdi sportwagen can berkeley off.

JoeTR6
JoeTR6 Dork
5/31/22 4:53 p.m.

1999 BMW M Coupe.  Bought it new and sold it with 55k miles.

ShinnyGroove (Forum Supporter)
ShinnyGroove (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
5/31/22 4:56 p.m.

I made the right decision to sell my 981 Cayman S, but I really do miss it.  The best car I've ever owned.

stan
stan GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
5/31/22 5:47 p.m.

My first 914. 2 liter with the appearance package.  :(

A close 2nd would be my first AW11. No rust and I'd went through everything when I did the HG.

Next would be my '91 5.0 Mustang. Rust-free and I haven't found one that nice since (and it's just down the road being turned into a drag car). 

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